1846 mitchell map world hemispheres (1 Ergebnisse)

Excellent. Slight marginal soiling. Size 10 x 15 Inches. This is the 1846 first edition of S. Augustus Mitchell's double-hemisphere world map. A Closer Look The map divides the world into hemispheres, with the Western Hemisphere detailing the Americas and the eastern Pacific, and the Eastern Hemisphere covering the 'Old World' of Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as the western Pacific and Australia. For the sake of legibility, political detail is limited to country names, although important cities are noted throughout. Shading defines the major continents and 'Oceania,' comprising Polynesia, Melanesia, Australia, and the East Indies. Antarctica is mapped tenuously based on the 1845 publications of Charles Wilkes (1798 - 1877) and the U.S. Exploring Expedition - significantly, the competing discoveries of British explorer Sir James Clark Ross (1800 - 1862) are omitted. Publication History and Census Although dated 1845, this map was published in 1846 in the first edition of Samuel Augustus Mitchell's New Universal Atlas . It was engraved by Edward B. Dawson. The map is based on the work of Henry S. Tanner, c. 1836, which Mitchell acquired from Carey and Hart in 1846, who had acquired them from Tanner in 1843. Importantly, in the course of changing hands, the atlas was converted from engraved steel or copper plates to lithographic stones. Mitchell issued the atlas in early 1846 with Tanner's name still on the maps. References: Rumsey 0537.002. Phillips (Atlases) 809.